Rein-holder



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' F. S. OSBORN.

REIN HOLDER. N0.'320,Z'7'7. V Patented June 1 6, 1885.

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FRANK S. OSBORN, OF EAST SHARON, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND GEORGE M. OORXVIN, OF SHINGLEHOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.-320,2'77, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed December 30, 1884.

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK S. Osnonn, of East Sharon, in the county of Potter and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Rein-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved reinholder which is simple in construction, effective in use, and which can easily be secured on a dashboard, &c.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corrrsponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved reinholder secured on the side edge of a dashboard at the right-hand corner. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 00 w in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of a modified construction. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 3 3 Fig. 8.

A metal frame, A, is provided at its top and bottom ends with jaws B, united by a rod, 0, a short distance from the frame, and between the frame and the said rod a piece, D, of rubber is held, which projects some distance beyond the inner edge of the frame, the said inner projecting edge of the rubber being beveled. The lower end of the frame is provided with a forked piece, E, having two screws, F, of which one is passed over the edge of and the other through the dash-board G, as shown in Fig. 2, and then the screws are passed through a clampingplate, I, on the outer surface of the dash-board. The nuts H are secured on the screws F, and thereby the frame is clamped tirml y on the dash-board. A hook, J, is formed on the upper end of the frame. The frame can also be held horizontally on the top and inner surface of the dash-board.

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to be applied on wooden dash-boards, whereas the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is to be used on leather and metal frame dashboards. The two reins are passed between the edge of the dash-board and the rubber D,

so that the reins extend from the inside of the vehicle over the edge of the rubber, over the side edge of t-he'dash-board, and then to the horse. The reins can easily be pulled in the direction from the horse without catching; but when the horse pulls or jerks on the reins they are brought against the edge of the rub her, and the friction produced on the edge of the rubber and the dashboard is so great as to catch and hold the reins and prevent the horse from pulling or throwing them from the dash-board. The hook J serves to hold the buckle-frames of the reins when the reins are unbuckled.

The rein-holder is very simple in construc tion, safe and reliable, and can be attached very easily. The holder must always be on the inside of the dash-board and at an inclina tion to the same.

The rubber D may be shifted between the frame A and the rod 0, so as to project a greater or less distance from the said frame, and thus leave a greater or less distance be tween the free edge of the rubber and the dashboard, thus adapting the holder to be adj nstcd for reins of different thicknesses.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a rein-holder, the frame A, adapted to be secured to one edge of a dash-board, the said frame being inclined, as shown, and provided with the jaws B, the rod 0, connecting said jaws, and the rubber block D, secured behind the rod within the frame, whereby, when socured to a dash-board, as shown, the reins will be bent at or near a right angle between the 0 edge of the dasher and the edge of the block D, to insure a firm hold.

FRANK S. OSBORN.

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